World Cricket 2018-19: Round 7 - Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Australia vs India 4th Test at Sydney
South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd Test at Cape Town
1. Pick 10 players from the lists below. 5 players for each Test
2. Pick a maximum of 3 players from one team.
3. Pick 2 "Trump" players from your teams whose scores "double". 1 Trump player for each Test
4. Pick 2 "supersubs" (6th player). This player ONLY scores if any of your original picks do not play the match (should be from the team of 2 players)
5. Your team of 5 MUST include at least 2 player from each sub-section (So you have either 2 batsmen and 3 bowlers, or vice-versa)
Scoring
1. Every run scored by the player you pick scores 1 point.
2. Every wicket taken by a bowler scores you 20 points.
3. Every catch/stumping by the player scores you 5 points.
4. NO points for run-outs please
5. The score of your "trump" player is doubled.
Teams (shuffling all rounders into both categories for balance)
Australia (Announced):
Batsmen: Tim Paine (captain/keeper); Aaron Finch; Peter Handscomb; Marcus Harris; Travis Head; Usman Khawaja; Shaun Marsh; Marnus Labuschagne
Bowlers: Pat Cummins; Josh Hazlewood; Nathan Lyon; Mitchell Marsh; Peter Siddle; Mitchell Starc; Chris Tremain
India (Announced):
Batsmen: Virat Kohli (capt), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk),
Bowlers: R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
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South Africa (Announced)
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (captain); Hashim Amla; Temba Bavuma; Theunis de Bruyn; Quinton de Kock (wk); Dean Elgar; Aiden Markram; Zubayr Hamza
Bowlers: Keshav Maharaj; Duanne Olivier; Kagiso Rabada; Dale Steyn; Vernon Philander
Pakistan (Announced)
Batsmen: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt & wk), Mohammad Rizwan (wk),
Bowlers: Yasir Shah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi
Deadline: Toss in Sydney on Thursday, January 3. That would be 5 pm FT time, Wednesday, January 2. Please do not wait till last minute to lodge picks. If you miss deadline, there would be no Trump players scoring for you (the rest of the squad still scores).
Edited by srini701 (Tue Jan 01 2019 10:16 PM)
Edit Reason: India squad of 13 named
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